Poor Potatoes Recipe

If you are looking for an easy and quick recipe and at the same time cheap, nothing better than the famous patatas a lo pobre.

Potatoes a lo pobre is a typical dish of Andalusia cuisine, from the south of Spain, it is a candied dish in which potatoes and onions are cooked in oil at a low temperature, which concentrates the flavors and gives the dish an exquisite flavor.

If you want to know the secrets of Spanish cooking, this dish of humble origin cannot be missing from your recipe book, so go ahead and follow this recipe for candied potatoes step by step.

Ingredients to make Poor Potatoes:

• 2 potatoes
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 onion
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 jet of Oil

How to make Poor Potatoes:

1. A poor recipe has to be simple and with few ingredients, like this one, so we start by peeling and cutting the potatoes.
2. You can do it as seen in the photo or cut them into wedges as if you were going to prepare patatas bravas.
3. Peel the onion and cut into fine julienne.
4. The ideal amount for two medium potatoes is one onion, also medium, but the amount of this ingredient is to taste.
5. Next we put a finger of oil in a wide pot.
6. The secret of patatas a lo pobre is cooking, so it is important that there is enough oil so that the potato can be preserved and cooked in it, and not fried.
7. We heat this oil over low heat.
8. Add the onion and when it starts to brown, add the potato.
9. Season to taste
10. Add the finely chopped garlic and parsley.
11. Keep cooking over low heat and when the potato softens, mash it slightly.
12. Once the potatoes are cooked poorly, put them on a plate with absorbent paper to remove excess oil. Serve and enjoy!